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Fraud : an American history from Barnum to Madoff / Edward J. Balleisen.

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Publisher's description: The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balleisen, Edward J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Fraud > United States > History.
Commercial crimes > United States > History.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > History.
Financial institutions > Corrupt practices > United States > History.
Fraud > United States > Prevention.
Swindlers and swindling.
Commercial crimes.
Financial institutions > Corrupt practices.
Fraud.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The enduring dilemmas of antifraud regulation
  • The shape-shifting, never-changing world of fraud
  • The porousness of the law
  • Channels of exposure
  • The beginnings of a modern administrative state
  • Innovation, moral economy, and the Postmaster General's peace
  • The businessmen's war to end all fraud
  • Quandaries of procedural justice
  • Moving toward Caveat venditor
  • Consumerism and the reorientation of antifraud policy
  • The promise and limits of the antifraud state
  • Neoliberalism and the rediscovery of business fraud.

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